Sonographic Detection of Starry Sky Liver in a Pregnancy With Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
Author(s) -
Eric S. Schafer
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of diagnostic medical sonography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.138
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 8756-4793
pISSN - 1552-5430
DOI - 10.1177/8756479315581902
Subject(s) - medicine , twin pregnancy , pregnancy , parenchyma , complication , pathological , fetus , liver parenchyma , obstetrics , surgery , radiology , pathology , genetics , biology
Twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is a severe complication of monochorionic twin pregnancies. A starry sky liver is characterized by sonography as liver parenchyma appearing hypoechoic due to swelling of liver cells, accentuating the periportal collagen. It has been associated with several pathological processes but has only recently been reported with TTTS. This case study is a report of a twin pregnancy that developed TTTS in which a starry sky liver was visualized in the recipient twin.
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